Show SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS The delegates to the Democratic convention con-vention are elected as Democrats Senator Sen-ator Teller is not and never has been The delegates to the Chicago convention conven-tion would have no right to even consider con-sider him Senator Teller Is an advo vate of a protective tariff Some of the state delegations will be instructed for gold and others for silver but all will be chosen by states that adopt platforms plat-forms favoring a tariff for revenue only So far as we know there has been no exception to this rule and there is no probability that there will be Under the clrcumstance3 the convention could not nominate Senator Teller unless the delegates dele-gates betrayed their constituents Florida Times Union Whoever wants steel billets after this week can look to the pool for his supply and pay the price Plttsburg Dispatch Young Mr Cannon of Utah who shed large hot tears of grief as he walked out of the St Louis convention Is painfully pain-fully surprised to discover that the Republican Re-publican party proposes to go right ahead with its campaign notwithstanding his desertion The official measurements appear to show that Mr Cannon is several sev-eral sizes smaller than his own selfesti mates had represented New York Mail and Express It is a good country that we live in and a great one We are going to keep it such no matter who is elected The present duty is to take all the vacation and all the days off you can get and enjoy them all to the top ef your bent Dress lightly Dont talk politics Dont bother Dont drink Dont get excited So shall you be in better condition when tho campaign struggle comes to bear well your part in it It will not come till September In the meantime keep as cool as a thin shirt and a calm mind will let you New York World Mr Depew has been delegated to convince con-vince young Mr Vanderbilt that marriage is a failure and the chances are that he will not be any more successful than he was with the St Louis delegates Washington Post Italy is being eaten up by taxation Yet McKinley has the hardihood to attempt at-tempt to induce the American people to believe that they can tax themselves Into prosperity New York Journal |